President Barack Obama used a fake name while communicating
with Hillary Clinton while she used a private email
server during her time as US secretary of state,
FBI documents released Friday revealed.

The documents offer some details about the agency's
investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server, a
matter that has continually plagued the Democratic presidential
nominee's campaign.

According to the documents, Huma Abedin, one of Clinton's
aides, first noticed the former secretary of
state's exchange with an unrecognized sender on June 28,
2012 that was later revealed to be Obama.

"Once informed that the sender's name is believed to be
pseudonym used by the president, Abedin exclaimed: 'How is this
not classified?'" the report says.

Over the course of the investigation, the FBI
conducted interviews with members of Clinton's staff and
also former Secretary of State Colin Powell and former
CIA acting director Mike Morell, among
others.

Clinton has maintained that she did not knowingly handle any
classified information while she used a private email
server.

According to the FBI documents, an IT employee managing Clinton’s
server initiated a policy of deleting any emails older than
60 days.

A Trump campaign spokesperson fired off a response to the latest
findings Friday night:

“The fact an IT staffer maintaining Clinton’s secret server
called a new retention policy designed to delete emails after 60
days a 'Hillary coverup operation' suggests there was a concerted
effort to systematically destroy potentially incriminating
information," said Jason Miler, senior communications
advisor for the Trump campaign.

"It’s no wonder that at least five individuals tied to the email
scandal, including Clinton’s top State Department aide and
attorney Cheryl Mills, secured immunity deals from the Obama
Justice Department to avoid prosecution," he added.